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### Question: What causes constrictive pericarditis?
### Response: Constrictive pericarditis can occur after any major pericardial disease that cause inflammation around the heart, such as:
Heart surgery (post-cardiac surgery) Radiation therapy to the chest area (post-radiation therapy, specifically after Hodgkin disease or breast cancer) Tuberculosis (postinfectious)
Constrictive pericarditis can also develop with no apparent cause.